No Wonder Airport Security Is Backed Up

I am 88 years old, a Korean War veteran who tested the Air Force's first supersonic fighters in the mid-1950s, and I have a TSA pre-check card. I would think I am zero risk of being a terrorist.

But not the TSA: On my last flight, security officers insisted I go through the X-ray since I have a replacement hip, take off my belt, take off my shoes, and submit to a pat-down where they found a ballpoint pen in my shirt pocket, which required another X-ray inspection, all under the close inspection of two TSA guys for over five minutes.

With those procedures for my low-level risk, no wonder there are extensive delays at airport security.